Design a Video Processing and Transcoding Pipeline — System Design Interview Practice
Design a video transcoding and processing pipeline that uploads videos, transcodes to multiple formats, generates thumbnails, and delivers content via CDN. Work through the requirements, architecture trade-offs, and an interactive design review.
Requirements and concepts to consider
- Upload videos at scaleRequirement
- Transcode to multiple formatsRequirement
- Generate thumbnailsRequirement
- Extract metadataRequirement
- Implement DRM protectionRequirement
- Optimize for adaptive streamingRequirement
- Handle processing failuresRequirement
- Monitor transcoding jobsRequirement
- gcpConcept to explore
- transcodingConcept to explore
- media processingConcept to explore
- cloud storageConcept to explore
- cloud runConcept to explore